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Something is just brewing inside of me that needs to come out...
This primarily an emotional response but there's some logic and reason that gird it...
Try as I might, I just can't help myself...
Flat out, I...
umm...
OK, here it is... I...
really like
my job...
and I almost consider it a privilege to work there (though I'm an unabashed capitalist and unionist).
The patients...
My coworkers...
The docs
Management...
Money...
So, for anybody who's looking for a reason to go into nursing, I can say that, if I could magically change and be a doc or a pilot, I would, but nursing can lead to a very good thing... though it's not a given by any means.
To summarize: I am a nurse, I am happy to be a nurse, and... while it's not cool to admit, I hereby confess that I *like* my job.
This is awesome! So happy for you "Sing-song in my heart" You seem to have experienced a time when nurses got to be a nurse. I hope to earn one day what you do. I do share a very common core with you: I love helping the patients and not in a self-serving ego way but a I can go home and be thankful that I got that chance to meet a new person, help them out, make them better and smile. Hope time creates the opportunity for all nurses to be able to experience your experience. I do on some days. I love it too...
Thank you!! I really enjoy my job, my patients, and my coworkers/managers too -- I'm a second career RN, and often tell my preceptees that going into nursing was one of the best (and hardest) decisions I ever made. I had to move far from home to secure my first job out of nursing school, but it was an amazing opportunity on a fantastic unit. Now my friends and family ask when I'm moving back, and I don't know if I want to give up such a great work environment : ) Again, thanks for putting it out there that nursing can be deeply rewarding despite the challenges.
That is really wonderful to hear, and it sounds like you have a great attitude and a great work environment. I try to keep a positive attitude even though I'm one of the people who currently dislikes my job. However, the dislikes are due to some issues at my current workplace. Overall I do love being a nurse and working with patients. I tell people I love my profession, I just dislike my current job. Luckily that can be fixed! Thanks for sharing this and reminding us that it is possible to love your job.
THANK you for posting this at a time when there are so many of us slogging through finals, through the ends of long clinical rotations, and hearing how hard it is going to be to find work. THIS is what I'm looking for and it's up to ME to find it by choosing the right attitude in the face of challenges.
If you and I were closer, we would be friends.
I also LOVE my job! I am a new nurse and feel very lucky to be able to say I love going to work. The facility & unit are both places I had previously worked before and during nursing school so I feel super comfortable in that environment (acute care/hospice). I really like the people I work with & I love what I'm doing. Feeling very lucky & grateful.
(though I'm an unabashed capitalist and unionist)....Wow...finally a voice from the positive side that does exist...hard to tell reading these posts from time to time....I must say that I did not think you could be both of those together...although sometimes I wonder as well about myself...Thanks.
Twinmom06, ASN, APN
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I enjoy my job and workplace as well! Its a good feeling, isn't it?